Title

Sexual cannibalism

Caption

Sexual cannibalism, Close-up portrait of large female green praying mantis eats the male after mating on tree branch covered with lichen. Transcaucasian tree mantis (Hierodula transcaucasica), Odessa, Ukraine, Europe

Date

Jun 10, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Andrey Nekrasov

Reference

BRK23D82_328

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

23,7Mb (506,1Kb) / 12,8in x 7,2in / 3840 x 2160 (300dpi)

Keywords

2 2 animals Close view Close-up portrait East Europe East European Eastern Europe Eastern European Europe Europe's European mantis European mantises Insect Insecta Insects Lichen Lichens Mantes Mantis Mantis religiosa Mantises Mantodea No People Odessa Partial View Portrait shot Praying mantis Two Animal Two Animals Ukraine adult adult animal adult animals adult male animal animal behavior animal behaviour animal couple animal pair animal pairs animals behavior behaviour big bough branch branches cannibalism close up close ups close-up closeup conspecific conspecifics copula copulate copulation couple couples courtship display covered cropped deserted detail view direct look empty eye contact face to face facing facing camera facing each other fellow species female female animal female animals females feral filial cannibalism gazes great green grown into habitat head head portrait head shot head shots heads ingestion ingrown large look look at looking at camera looking at the camera looking out looks looks at the camera looks in the camera looks into looks into the camera maiting pair male male animal male animals males mante mantis mantises mate mating mating behavior mating behaviour mating period mating season mating time matings mature matures natural environment natural environments natural habitat nature no one nobody observe old animal overgrown pair pair of animals pairing plant plant cover plant covers plants portrait portrait photo portraits reproduction reproductions rutting season sex sexual sexual intercourse social behavior social behaviour social behaviours tree branch two uninhabited unkempt vegetation view view over watching wild wildlife photography Odesa Oblast Odessa Oblast animal feed animal feeds detail details eat fauna feed feeding fodder food section sexualities sexuality wildlife